Chaos and Order in Nature/Creation: A Reading of Genesis l-2:4a in Dialogue with Science and Philosophy

dc.creator	Kimm, Jean H.
dc.date	1999-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-21T19:53:17Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-21T19:53:17Z
dc.date.issued	2012-08-21
dc.identifier	http://digilib.bu.edu/journals/ojs/index.php/jfse/article/view/67
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2144/3961
dc.description	With inspiration from post-modern scientific theories (complexity theory, chaos theory, relativity theory, uncertainty theory, no-singularity/boundary theory), and from philosophical understandings of nature (ecstatic naturalism and Taoism), the author offers an innovative reading of the Genesis creation stories, focusing on the concepts of order and chaos. While criticizing the dichotomous dualism that underpins the human ordering system, she connects these rich meanings and wisdom signified by nature with theological discourse through a discussion of the infinity of God, the abjection of origin, the autonomy of creatures, and nature's complex and fluid manifestations.
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Boston Theological Institute
dc.relation	http://digilib.bu.edu/journals/ojs/index.php/jfse/article/view/67/67
dc.source	Journal of Faith and Science Exchange; Journal of Faith and Science Exchange, Vol. 3
dc.title	Chaos and Order in Nature/Creation: A Reading of Genesis l-2:4a in Dialogue with Science and Philosophy
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	Peer-reviewed Article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.description.peerreview	yes